linux-kernel - [PATCH] relay: replay_file_open(): NULL ptr deref in CPU hotplugs

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Date:   Thu,  8 Sep 2022 14:17:30 -0700
From:   "Yichun Zhang (agentzh)" <yichun@...nresty.com>
To:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     "Yichun Zhang (agentzh)" <yichun@...nresty.com>,
        Colin Ian King <colin.i.king@...il.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] relay: replay_file_open(): NULL ptr deref in CPU hotplugs

CPU hotplug may introduce race conditions. We reproduced kernel panics
due to this NULL ptr deref error when doing frequent random CPU hotplugs
in a KVM guest.

Signed-off-by: Yichun Zhang (agentzh) <yichun@...nresty.com>
---
 kernel/relay.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/relay.c b/kernel/relay.c
index 6a611e779e95..2db69fd527d1 100644
--- a/kernel/relay.c
+++ b/kernel/relay.c
@@ -816,6 +816,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(relay_flush);
 static int relay_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
 {
 	struct rchan_buf *buf = inode->i_private;
+	if (unlikely(buf == NULL))
+		return -ENOENT;
+
 	kref_get(&buf->kref);
 	filp->private_data = buf;
 
-- 
2.17.2